National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides participating school districts and independent schools cash subsidies and donated commodities for each meal they serve. Recipients must serve lunches that meet federal requirements and offer free or reduced price lunches to eligible children.

School Breakfast Program (SBP) provides cash assistance to states to operate nonprofit breakfast programs in schools and residential childcare institutions.

Learn about the FNS programs that strengthen the American nutrition safety net by distributing high quality, American-grown foods, including:

Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) provides nutritious commodity foods that supplement diets of low-income pregnant and breastfeeding women, other new mothers up to one year postpartum, infants, children up to age six, and elderly people at least 60 years of age.